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2024 Super League season
League	Super League
Duration	27 rounds
Teams	12
Matches played	166
Points scored	6,568
Highest attendance	20,511 Wigan Warriors vs Leigh Leopards (5 October)
Lowest attendance	1,900 London Broncos vs Catalans Dragons (4 August)
Average attendance	9,193
Attendance	1,594,135
Broadcast partners	Sky Sports BBC Sport SuperLeague+ Fox League NITV Fox Soccer Plus Sport Klub beIN Sports
2024 Season
Champions	Wigan Warriors (7th Super League title 24th British title)
League Leaders Shield	Wigan Warriors
Runners-up	Hull KR
Biggest home win	Wigan Warriors 64–0 Salford Red Devils (19 September)
Biggest away win	Huddersfield Giants 0–66 Warrington Wolves (14 September)
Man of Steel	Mikey Lewis
Top point-scorer(s)	Mikey Lewis (216)
Top try-scorer(s)	Liam Marshall (27)
Grading
Elevated	Wakefield Trinity
Demoted	London Broncos
← 20232025 →

The 2024 Super League season, known as the 2024 Betfred Super League for sponsorship reasons, was the 29th season of the Super League and 130th season of rugby league in Great Britain.

Wigan Warriors were the defending champions, having beaten Catalans Dragons in the Grand Final, to win their sixth Super League title. They retained their title by defeating Hull KR 9–2 in the Final, and by doing so, they become the first team in Super League history to win all 4 major trophies in the same year.

London Broncos were promoted from the Championship, having beaten Toulouse Olympique in the Championship Grand Final.

Hull KR reached their first ever Grand Final, after a narrow 10–8 victory over Warrington Wolves in the semi finals.

Structure changes

At the end of the 2023 season, IMG and the Rugby Football League (RFL) released initial gradings, indicating which league clubs would likely be playing in from the 2025 system. This transition to the new gradings-based system means there will be no automatic relegation as a result of finishing 12th from 2024.

On 23 October, the RFL released the gradings for the 2025 season, which saw London Broncos relegated back to the Championship, with Wakefield Trinity being promoted.

Broadcasting

In a major change for the 2024 season, for the first time every fixture from the 27 regular rounds as well as the play-offs was broadcast live on Sky Sports, who had exclusive rights to two fixtures per round, with four being shown on a new streaming service, SuperLeague+. The games televised by Sky Sports between round 1 and round 15 were confirmed prior to the start of the season.

On 7 February, BBC Sport announced a three-year deal with the league, replacing Channel 4 as the league's free-to-air partner. Ten games per season will be shown live on television, with a further five shown on iPlayer, the BBC's streaming platform. The deal ended the BBC's Super League Show after 25 years, with condensed highlights of all games being added to iPlayer within 24 hours.

Teams

The league comprises 12 teams. The regular season comprises 27 rounds. Wigan Warriors are the defending champions after winning the 2023 Grand Final. Wakefield Trinity finished bottom in 2023 and were relegated to the Championship for 2024, they were replaced by promoted London Broncos who won the 2023 Championship Grand Final after finishing 5th in the table.

Team	2023 position	Grading	Stadium (Capacity)	City/Town
Castleford Tigers	11th	B	Mend-A-Hose Jungle (12,000)	Castleford, West Yorkshire
Catalans Dragons	2nd (Runner-up)	A	Stade Gilbert Brutus (13,000)	Perpignan, Pyrénées-Orientales, France
Huddersfield Giants	9th	B	John Smith's Stadium (24,121)	Huddersfield, West Yorkshire
Hull FC	10th	A	MKM Stadium (25,400)	Kingston upon Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire
Hull Kingston Rovers (2024 season)	4th (Eliminated in Semi final)	A	Sewell Group Craven Park (12,225)	Kingston upon Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire
Leeds Rhinos	8th	A	Headingley Rugby Stadium (21,062)	Leeds, West Yorkshire
Leigh Leopards	5th (Eliminated in Eliminator play off)	B	Leigh Sports Village (11,000)	Leigh, Greater Manchester
London Broncos (2024 season)	5th in Championship, Promoted	B	Cherry Red Records Stadium (9,215)	Wimbledon, London
Salford Red Devils	7th	B	Salford Community Stadium (12,000)	Salford, Greater Manchester
St Helens	3rd (Eliminated in Semi final)	A	Totally Wicked Stadium (18,000)	St Helens, Merseyside
Warrington Wolves	6th (Eliminated in Eliminator play off)	A	Halliwell Jones Stadium (15,200)	Warrington, Cheshire
Wigan Warriors (2024 season)	1st (Champions)	A	Brick Community Stadium (25,133)	Wigan, Greater Manchester

Fixtures and results

Matches decided by golden point

If a match ends in a draw after 80 minutes, then a further 10 minutes of golden point extra time is played, to determine a winner (five minutes each way). The first team to score either a try, penalty goal or drop goal during this period, will win the match. However, if there are no further scores during the additional 10 minutes period, then the match will end in a draw.

Game 1 (Leigh Leopards v Castleford Tigers)

The round 10 game between Leigh Leopards and Castleford Tigers on 4 May 2024, finished 28–28 after 80 minutes, after Castleford scored a last minute try to level the scores. The game then went to extra time, with the only real chance coming in the 8th added minute, as Matt Moylan's drop goal attempt hit the post. Neither team could score any points, so the game ended as a draw.

Game 2 (Leeds Rhinos v London Broncos)

The round 16 game between Leeds Rhinos and London Broncos on 6 July 2024, finished 16–16 after 80 minutes, after Leeds scored a late try to level the scores. The game then went to extra time, with the only chance coming in the 4th added minute, as Brodie Croft kicked the winning drop goal to win the match for Leeds 17–16.

Game 3 (Hull KR v Catalans Dragons)

The round 16 fixture between Hull Kingston Rovers and Catalans Dragons on 6 July 2024, finished 14–14 after 80 minutes, as Rovers kicked a late penalty goal to level the scores. The game then went to extra time, but neither team could score any points during the first period. With less than 3 minutes of the second period remaining, Theo Fages kicked the winning drop goal to win the match for Catalans 15–14.

Game 4 (St Helens v Salford Red Devils)

The round 21 fixture between St Helens and Salford Red Devils on 8 August 2024, finished 16–16 after 80 minutes. The game then went to extra time, With Moses Mbye kicking the winning drop goal, to win the game for St Helens 17-16.

Game 5 (London Broncos v Leeds Rhinos)

The round 24 fixture between London Broncos and Leeds Rhinos on 1 September 2024, finished 20–20 after 80 minutes, after London scored a late try to level the scores. The game then went to extra time, and with less than a minute of the second half remaining, Brodie Croft kicked the winning drop goal once again, just as he did in the reverse fixture in round 16, to win the game for Leeds 21-20.

Game 6 (Warrington Wolves v St Helens)

The Elimination play off fixture between Warrington Wolves and St Helens on 28 September 2024, finished 22-22 after 80 minutes, after Jon Bennison scored a last minute try for St Helens to bring St Helens to within 2 points. Mark Percival then kicked the conversion from the touchline to level the scores. The game then went to extra time, with the only chance coming in the 85th minute, with George Williams kicking the winning drop goal for Warrington, after Percival had kicked the ball out on the full.

Standings

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Wigan Warriors (C)	27	22	0	5	723	338	+385	44	Advance to Semi-finals
2	Hull KR (Y)	27	21	0	6	719	326	+393	42
3	Warrington Wolves	27	20	0	7	740	319	+421	40	Advance to Eliminators
4	Salford Red Devils	27	16	0	11	550	547	+3	32
5	Leigh Leopards	27	15	1	11	566	398	+168	31
6	St Helens	27	15	0	12	596	388	+208	30
7	Catalans Dragons	27	15	0	12	474	427	+47	30
8	Leeds Rhinos	27	14	0	13	530	488	+42	28
9	Huddersfield Giants	27	10	0	17	468	660	−192	20
10	Castleford Tigers	27	7	1	19	425	735	−310	15
11	Hull FC	27	3	0	24	328	894	−566	6
12	London Broncos (R)	27	3	0	24	317	916	−599	6	Relegated to Championship

Play-offs

Team bracket

	Eliminators					Semi-finals					Grand Final
						1	Wigan	38
	4	Salford	6			5	Leigh	0
	5	Leigh	14								1	Wigan	9
											2	Hull KR	2
						2	Hull KR	10
	3	Warrington	23			3	Warrington	8
	6	St Helens	22

Week 1: Eliminators

Team details

Salford Red Devils		Position	Leigh Leopards
Name	Number		Number	Name
Chris Hankinson	23	FB	6	Matt Moylan  60'
Ethan Ryan  79'	2	WG	34	Darnell McIntosh
Nene Macdonald	3	CE	24	Umyla Hanley
Tim Lafai	4	CE	4	Ricky Leutele
Deon Cross	5	WG	5	Josh Charnley  53'
Jayden Nikorima	32	SO	1	Gareth O'Brien  59'
Marc Sneyd  28'	7	SH	7	Lachlan Lam
Brad Singleton  26'  49'	8	PR	8	Tom Amone  32'  61'
Joe Mellor	24	HK	9	Edwin Ipape  66'
Gil Dudson  19'	27	PF	10	Robbie Mulhern  51'  72'
Sam Stone  61'	11	SR	12	Jack Hughes  77'
Kallum Watkins	12	SR	16	Frankie Halton  9'
Oliver Partington  65'	13	LF	13	John Asiata
Ryan Brierley  61'	1	IN	33	Brad Dwyer
Shane Wright  26'  63'	15	IN	3	Zak Hardaker  9'
Joe Shorrocks  65'	16	IN	35	Aaron Pene  51',  72'
Loghan Lewis  19'  49'	29	IN	17	Owen Trout  32',  61'
Paul Rowley		Coach		Adrian Lam

This match was broadcast on BBC Two and set a new television audience record for a Super League playoff game at 385,000, beating the previous record of 330,000 set in 2022 with St Helens against Salford.

Team details

Warrington Wolves		Position	St Helens
Name	Number		Number	Name
Matt Dufty	1	FB	1	Jack Welsby
Josh Thewlis  37, 56, 69'	2	WG	2	Tommy Makinson  12', 32'
Rodrick Tai	14	CE	11	Sione Mata'utia
Toby King  2', 54'	3	CE	4	Mark Percival  25'  14', 26', 80'
Matty Ashton  36', 66'	5	WG	5	Jon Bennison  79'
George Williams	6	SO	6	Jonny Lomax
Josh Drinkwater	7	SH	7	Lewis Dodd
Luke Yates	41	PR	8	Alex Walmsley  21'  62'
Danny Walker	9	HK	9	Daryl Clark  69'  83'
Zane Musgrove	16	PF	10	Matty Lees  29'  48'
John Bateman	42	SR	19	Matt Whitley
Matty Nicholson	13	SR	12	Joe Batchelor
Ben Currie	12	LF	13	Morgan Knowles  30'  46'
Sam Powell	32	IN	15	James Bell  29'  46'
James Harrison	8	IN	17	Agnatius Paasi  30'  48'
Paul Vaughan	10	IN	20	George Delaney  21'  62'
Joe Philbin	15	IN	24	Jake Burns  69'  83'
Sam Burgess		Coach		Paul Wellens

Week 2: Semi-finals

Hull KR were without captain Elliot Minchella, after he was handed a 2 match suspension.

Team details

Hull KR		Position	Warrington Wolves
Name	Number		Number	Name
Niall Evalds	2	FB	1	Matt Dufty
Joe Burgess	35	WG	2	Josh Thewlis
Peta Hiku	1	CE	14	Rodrick Tai
Jack Broadbent	36	CE	3	Toby King
Ryan Hall	5	WG	5	Matty Ashton  46', 59'
Tyrone May	6	SO	6	George Williams
Mikey Lewis	7	SH	7	Josh Drinkwater
Sauaso Sue  22'	8	PR	41	Luke Yates
Matt Parcell	14	HK	9	Danny Walker
Jai Whitbread	16	PF	16	Zane Musgrove
Matty Storton  27'	17	SR	42	John Bateman
James Batchelor	12	SR	13	Matty Nicholson
Dean Hadley	11	LF	12	Ben Currie
Jez Litten	9	IN	32	Sam Powell
Sam Luckley  22'	15	IN	8	James Harrison
Kelepi Tanginoa  27'	20	IN	10	Paul Vaughan
Jack Brown	37	IN	15	Joe Philbin
Willie Peters		Coach		Sam Burgess

Team details

Wigan Warriors		Position	Leigh Leopards
Name	Number		Number	Name
Jai Field	1	FB	6	Matt Moylan
Abbas Miski	2	WG	3	Zak Hardaker
Adam Keighran	3	CE	4	Ricky Leutele
Jake Wardle	4	CE	24	Umyla Hanley
Liam Marshall  11', 38'	5	WG	34	Darnell McIntosh
Bevan French	6	SO	1	Gareth O'Brien
Harry Smith	7	SH	7	Lachlan Lam
Ethan Havard  23'  57'	8	PR	8	Tom Amone  33'
Kruise Leeming  49'	17	HK	9	Edwin Ipape
Luke Thomson  37'	16	PF	10	Robbie Mulhern  47'
Junior Nsemba	21	SR	20	Oliver Holmes
Sam Walters	22	SR	12	Jack Hughes
Kaide Ellis  48'	13	LF	13	John Asiata
Liam Byrne  37'  69'	10	IN	17	Owen Trout
Patrick Mago  48'	15	IN	35	Aaron Pene  33'
Tyler Dupree  23'  57'  69'	19	IN	15	Matt Davis
Tom Forber  49'	27	IN	33	Brad Dwyer  47'
Matt Peet		Coach		Adrian Lam

Week 3: Grand Final

End-of-season awards

The end of season awards took place on Tuesday 8 October. The winners were:

• Man of Steel: Mikey Lewis
• Coach of the Year: Willie Peters
• Young Player of the Year: Junior Nsemba
• Top tackler: Cameron Smith: (992 tackles)
• Top try scorer: Liam Marshall: (27 tries)
• Spirit of Super League: Bill Arthur

Player statistics

Top try scorer

Player (s)	Club	Tries
Liam Marshall	Wigan Warriors	27

Top try assists

Player (s)	Club	Assists
Lachlan Lam	Leigh Leopards	24
Mikey Lewis	Hull KR

Top goal scorer

Player	Club	Goals
Marc Sneyd	Salford Red Devils	98/110

Top points scorer

Rank	Player	Club	Points
1	Mikey Lewis	Hull KR	216

Attendances

Club attendances Club Home Games Total Average Highest Lowest Castleford Tigers 13 103,226 7,940 10,117 6,965 Catalans Dragons 13 119,104 9,162 11,083 7,750 Huddersfield Giants 13   58,912 4,532 6,812 3,330 Hull FC 13 142,669 10,975 20,014 5,771 Hull KR 13  128,479  9,883 11,050 9,524 Leeds Rhinos 13 182,453 14,035 17,535 12,297 Leigh Leopards 13   109,072 8,390  10,308 6,677 London Broncos 13   41,320 3,178 5,102 1,900 Salford Red Devils 13 60,392 4,646 6,177 2,843 St Helens 13   159,084 12,237  17,980 9,808 Warrington Wolves 13   130,833 10,064 12,181 8,471 Wigan Warriors 13 193,826 14,910 20,152 11,660

Top 10 attendances As of 22 September 2024 (Round 27) Rank Home team Away team Stadium Attendance 1 Magic Weekend: Day 1 Elland Road 30,810 2 Magic Weekend: Day 2 22,293 3 Wigan Warriors St Helens Brick Community Stadium 20,152 4 Hull FC Hull KR MKM Stadium 20,014 5 St Helens Wigan Warriors Totally Wicked Stadium 17,980 6 Leeds Rhinos Leigh Leopards AMT Headingley Stadium 17,535 7 Wigan Warriors Hull KR Brick Community Stadium 16,719 8 Leigh Leopards 16,053 9 Warrington Wolves 15,764 10 Salford Red Devils 15,589

Notes

1. No official attendance given, but the match was a sellout.

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